Soviet artist Pyotr Tarasovich Maltsev 1907-1993

Born 17 December 1907 in Mariupol of Ekaterinoslav province, Pyotr Tarasovich Maltsev was a many awarded Soviet artist working in the genre of socialist realism. A member of the USSR Union of Artists (1932), Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1958) and People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1968).
Pyotr Maltsev graduated from the Zaporozhie Art School (1921-1924), workshop of V.N. Nevsky. After that, studied at the monumental department of the fine art faculty of VKhUTEIN (1924-1930). His teachers were famous Soviet artists P.V. Kuznetsov, V.A. Favorsky, L.A. Bruni, and N.M. Chernyshev. While still a student, Maltsev began participating in the exhibitions of Soviet art (1928).
During the Great Patriotic War Maltsev served as an artist of the cultural enlightenment department of the Northern Fleet. Awarded with the Order of the Red Star and medals. In 1949 he joined the Studio of Military Artists of M.B.Grekov. Awarded with the first degree diploma and the gold medal of the USSR Academy of Arts (1960) for creating the diorama “Sturm of Sapun-mountain” (1959). Also, he received the gold medal of M.B.Grekov (1968) for participation in the reconstruction of the panorama of F.Rubo “The Battle of Borodino” (1967).

Pyotr Tarasovich Maltsev – Laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR for the diorama “Combat of the airborne landing near Vyazma in the winter of 1942”. Awarded the Honorary Medal of the Soviet Peace Foundation (1982) for his participation in the creation of the panorama “Battle of Stalingrad”.

The most notable works of the artist: “Guardships in the campaign” (1947), “The feat of the Red Fleet Ivan Golubtsa” (1946),”Assault of Sapun-Gory” (1958), “Teaching at the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet” (1968), and “Combat Air Strike near Vyazma in the Winter of 1942” (1970).
Besides, he was the author of several dioramas (with co-authors). In particular, “Alpine campaign of Suvorov” (1952), “Sturm of Sapun (1958), “Forcing the Dnieper in Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky” (1975), and the panorama “The Battle of Stalingrad” (1980-82).

Pyotr Tarasovich died on October 5, 1993 (Moscow).
His works are in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Central Museum of the Armed Forces (Moscow), the Central Naval Museum (St. Petersburg), the Suvorov Museum (St. Petersburg), and the Donetsk Art Museum.

Soviet artist Pyotr Tarasovich Maltsev

Self-portrait. 1946

Soviet artist Pyotr Tarasovich Maltsev

Galya with a bouquet. 1957

Galya with gladioluses. 1976

Brother Feodosy. 1937

Lenin in the Kremlin before the subbotnik in 1920. 1965

VI Lenin at a subbotnik in the Kremlin

Lenin at the subbotnik in 1920, 1965

Lenin in October. 1965

Vladimir Lenin at the subbotnik, 1965

A soldier and Lenin. 1965

A day off. 1950s

Admiral MP Lazarev, 1944

Admiral VA Kornilov, 1944

Air battle over the sea. 1944

Artek, Crimea. 1954

Autumn in Arkhangelskoe. 1984

Cleanse our land of Hitler’s evil spirits. 1940’s (poster)

Detail of diorama Sturm of Sapun Mountain. 1958

Detail. Varyag

Diorama Airborne landing near Vyazma in 1942. Fragment

F.F. Ushakov, admiral. 1944

Forward to the West. Let’s free our land from the fascist invaders. 1943 (poster)

Forward. For the complete defeat of fascist agressors. 1944 (poster)

Free us. 1944 poster

Guard on duty. 1982

Italian street. 1968

Kreiser Varyag

Long live the great Soviet people. Sketches of postcards. 1945

Navy. 1940s (sketch of the poster)

Paratroopers. 1948

Primorsky Boulevard. 1948

Russian winter. 1978

Sapun Mountain. 1957

Sergeant Victor Semenovich Vilhovitsky, 1965

Sevastopol. 1949

Spring in Italy. 1968

Stronger strikes against the enemy – in the sea, in the air and on land. 1943 (poster)